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[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-910-07-1990-EX, 7-08808]

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Notice of Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact=20
Statement for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville Project, Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act=20
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),=20
Elko Field Office has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental=20
Impact Statement (SEIS) for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville gold=20
mine in Eureka and Elko counties, Nevada, and by this notice is=20
announcing the opening of the comment period.

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DATES: To assure they will be considered, the BLM must receive written=20
comments on the Draft SEIS within 60 days following the date the=20
Environmental Protection Agency publishes their Notice of Availability=20
in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by the following methods: Fax: (775)=20
753-0255, Mail: Leeville Project Manager, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900=20
East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb McFarlane, BLM Elko Field Office,=20
3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801, (775) 753-0200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM signed a Record of Decision (ROD)=20
for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville Project, an underground gold=20
mine located on the Carlin Trend in northeastern Nevada, on September=20
25, 2002. The Leeville Mine includes three main ore bodies located=20
approximately 2,500 feet below ground surface. Newmont is authorized to=20
construct ancillary mine facilities, including construction of five=20
shafts to access the ore bodies, shaft hoists, waste rock disposal=20
facility, refractory ore stockpiles, facilities to support mine=20
dewatering, and facilities to support backfill operations. Surface=20
disturbance totals 486 acres. Four years of legal review resulted in a=20
decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit=20
holding that portions of the cumulative effects analysis were=20
insufficient. In response, the BLM has updated the cumulative effects=20
analyzed in Chapter 4 of the 2002 EIS, including information on any new=20
or proposed projects that could contribute cumulative effects, and has=20
issued this Draft SEIS which analyzes the cumulative effects analysis=20
for Newmont Mining Corporation's Leeville gold mine in Eureka and Elko=20
counties, Nevada. A copy of the Draft SEIS may be obtained from: Bureau=20
of Land Management, Elko Field Office, 3900 Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada=20
89801. The Draft SEIS may also be found on the Elko Field Office=20
Internet site at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi=
-bin/leaving.cgi?from=3DleavingFR.html&log=3Dlinklog&to=3Dhttp://=
www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/elko_field_office/blm_information/nepa.htm.
 Comments, including names and street=20

addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the=20
above address during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,=20
Monday through Friday, except holidays, and may be published as part of=20
the Final SEIS.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or=20
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that=20
your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--
may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in=20
your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from=20
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Ron Wenker,
State Director, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 07-4340 Filed 8-31-07; 2:38 pm]

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